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The 7 rooms are set above the restaurant, in 2 separate wings. The
right-hand one houses the slightly newer rooms (5, 6 and 7), whilst
the left-hand side also has a small guest lounge with an honesty
bar and fresh milk for guests to help themselves to. All rooms mix
comfort and style with gorgeous oak furniture, thick cream
carpets and slick extras (silk cushions, padded hangers, plasma
TVs, an iPod dock and a desk-cum-dressing table). Some look out
over the High Street, others the alfresco dining area out back.
Windows are large, some have exposed stone walls and traditional
wooden beams and the bigger rooms have sumptuous bathrooms. Beds
are big and firm - most are kingsize, only one room is
twin-bedded, but most have sofas which can turn into extra beds
if you're with a friend.

We stayed in Room 7 and it was simply gorgeous: very
spacious and light with a queensize 4-poster bed topped with a
beige suede headboard and laden with magenta silk cushions, a
restored vaulted ceiling and a seating area with a chenille sofa
and armchair. On the right-hand side was a large wardrobe, at the
foot of the bed a striped velvet luggage rack. The plasma TV could
be swung round so you could lie in bed and watch morning telly with
a cup of tea (although you'd need to pop to the adjacent wing to
get milk) and the bed linen was soft and thick.

However, it was the bathroom that stole the show. Vast and
white with Cotswold stone and piles of white towels and dressing
gowns, it was seriously decadent. A jacuzzi bath sat in the centre,
facing a plasma TV in one wall. Candles and lanterns were tucked
into alcoves; the double bowl sinks had a long mirror above them
with make-up lighting. Toiletries were 'waterbabe' by Arran
Aromatics (get past the name and you'll like them) and there was a
walk-through shower.

Though not as luxurious, the other rooms we saw were lovely.
Room 4 was the next biggest, with charming eaved ceilings, a
purple velvet bedspread, fab folding bedside tables and a
stand-alone bath. Room 6 had a teal-blue headboard, damask
rose silk cushions and pretty glass-bulb bedside lamps. This was
their 'disabled-access' room, but we felt the bathroom would be too
cramped to accommodate a wheelchair.

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